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California will run out of water soon, should ration immediately says scientist
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:00 pm
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:00 pm
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California will run out of water in 12 months, according to a NASA scientist.
The state only has one year of supply left in its reservoirs due to persistent drought and is also running out of backup groundwater, Jay Famiglietti, senior water scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, wrote.
The drought means that total water storage in California, which has been in decline since 2002, has been sapped by the need to use the resource for farming, he said in the Los Angeles Times.
Since 2011 the state has been losing 12million acre-feet of water per year and the total amount of water in snow, rivers, groundwater and reservoirs was 34million acre-feet below normal in 2014.
Famiglietti suggested immediate water-rationing measures, which are being considered in southern California, across the state.
The use of groundwater for farming in the Central Valley has caused land to sink by one foot a year.
Sprinklers and other landscaping accounts for 70 per cent of urban water use, according to the Sacramento Bee.
Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency at the beginning of last year, though Californians only reduced their water usage by 9 per cent instead of a hoped-for 20 per cent.
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Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:01 pm to Bench McElroy
I just read some where that the Dutch have a way to desalinate water that is cost effective.
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:02 pm to Bench McElroy
Just order beer at restaurants.
Problem solved.
Problem solved.
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:02 pm to Bench McElroy
I'm sure the folks in Beverly Hills will still find a way to keep their pools full.
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:03 pm to Bench McElroy
man, if I could only lay a pipeline from the south to that area....be a fricking water baron...
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:04 pm to Brosef Stalin
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California will run out of water soon, should ration immediately says scientist
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:05 pm to Bench McElroy
And you believe this shite..fricking worthless frick
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:05 pm to Bench McElroy
California shits on on others for not being environmentally friendly then this
Nice going Cali
Nice going Cali
This post was edited on 3/16/15 at 8:06 pm
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:08 pm to Spankum
Pipeline is the key. Oh but wait if the pipe has a leak it may contaminate nature.........with frickin water!
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:09 pm to dawgfan24348
doesn't have much to do with being environmentally friendly, more like years of severe drought
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:10 pm to MoreOrLes
Yeah I posted something about that (Dutch desalinization) on the poli board and was quickly shouted down as a tree hugging lib. The article I cited dared to bring up global warming, in passing really.
Anyway, the system wouldn't be cost effective enough now to support the massive California farming industry. What they need is rain/snow. Hopefully El Niño will come around and save them for another year or two. This drought is different though and could last much longer with occasional, rare relief.
Anyway, the system wouldn't be cost effective enough now to support the massive California farming industry. What they need is rain/snow. Hopefully El Niño will come around and save them for another year or two. This drought is different though and could last much longer with occasional, rare relief.
This post was edited on 3/16/15 at 8:12 pm
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:12 pm to TejasHorn
I guess we will know in a year. Not good if even remotely close to the truth.
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:12 pm to Bench McElroy
California is right next to a lot of water. They will be fine.
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:13 pm to TheIndulger
It is when you don't ever conserve water.
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:13 pm to TejasHorn
"I loooove living in L.A. The weather is soooo perfect it hardly ever rains!"
Hahahahaha! frick you.
Sincerely,
Mother Nature
Hahahahaha! frick you.
Sincerely,
Mother Nature
This post was edited on 3/16/15 at 8:15 pm
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:13 pm to TheIndulger
quote:
doesn't have much to do with being environmentally friendly, more like years of severe desert
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:15 pm to Bench McElroy
quote:
scientist
Singular
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:16 pm to Bench McElroy
They have been saying that at least since I moved there year round in 2001, I left in late 2007, and have never stopped saying it. Like they would ever "run out of water"!
Posted on 3/16/15 at 8:17 pm to East Coast Band
If it is sinking one foot per year, how long until the Kardashians and their drone worshippers are homeless? Can this process be sped up?
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